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SpaceX, a rocket maker and AI lab owned by Elon Musk, filed for an initial public offering.

It is expected to debut on America's NASDAQ exchange in June in

what could be the world's most valuable IPO. The company is seeking to raise $75 billion,

putting it at a valuation of around $2 trillion. Its rivals, Open AI and Anthropic, are reportedly also planning to list their

shares later this year. America's Justice Department indicted Raul Castro, Cuba's de facto

communist leader, on several charges, including murder. He is accused of ordering two aircraft flown by a Miami-based exile group

to be shot down in 1996, killing four people.

The 94-year-old was Defence Minister at the time.

Donald Trump has called for regime change in Cuba.

The indictment escalates his pressure campaign.

Oil prices slid after Mr. Trump said America was in the final stages with Iran, although he again warned of more strikes without a deal. Massoud Pazakhkian, Iran's president,

said his country would not be forced into surrender

and urged, quote, mutual respect in diplomacy.

Earlier Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps,

the country's parliamentary force,

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